New York Marine Strike Threatens City Food Supply
The New York harbor strike by 16,000 marine workers halts port activity and endangers food and fuel shipments. Officials warn hunger may spread in 48 hours unless a settlement is reached via federal action or a 48 hour armistice. Boat owners demand wage increases and an arbitration board forms amid threats to licenses and possible officer intervention.
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New York
Marine Workers
A. H. Smith
Thomas L. Delehanty
Marine Workers’ Am
Kent Delehanty
M. Squires
Department of Labor
Navy
Maher
Marine Engineers Association
New York City
Wil
Wilson
New Jersey
A. H.smith
United States Railroad’ Administrton
New York Harbor
George H. Sines
Wages and Working Conditions Committee
Railroad Administration
Mr. Lines
Lines
Tne
Uard
Defends Criticism In War Pay Dispute Letter To Mann
Washington January 10 Secretary Baker responds to congressman James R Mann on soldiers and sailors unpaid wages. He contends allotments are paid promptly while Mann charges the government with failures and arrears. Mann calls the war department irresponsible and criticizes the war risk insurance bureau as tragic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Baker
Washington
Congress
War Department
James R. Mann
Illnois
House
Marin
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
No Jobs When They Came to Groton Iron Works
Springfield report details hundreds of skilled mechanics sent by New England federal agencies to Groton Conn for work at the Groton iron works. About 1,190 men were reportedly dispatched from several states. at least 17 from Springfield. The travelers found no employment, lodged at a Groton hotel overnight, and spent about 15 dollars each. Action was only taken late Tuesday to halt further sending.
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Federal
Springfield
Groton
Connecticut
New England
British Liner Northumbria Sunk By Mine Off Middlesborough
London date January 10 British steamship Northumbria of 4215 tons, sailing from Dalhmore, was sunk by a mine off Middlesborough. Some survivors reported, eight confirmed dead. A lifeboat at Berwick brought two survivors and three dead. Wreckage bearing Steamship Gitano washed ashore on the Norwegian coast. Gitano is a 1687 ton vessel from Hull.
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Northumbria
London
Daltimore
Middlesborough
Berwick
Lloyds
Gitano
Wilson Line
Hull
Coldest Day in New England Hits 14 Below in Two States
Boston marked eight above as Greenville Maine and Wort field Vermont fell to 14 degrees below zero, tying for the coldest spots in New England. Nantucket reached 14 above while forecast calls for warmer conditions tonight with strong southwest to west winds and gale warnings.
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New England
Boston
Greenville
Wortsfield
Nantucket
Smith
Employment Agencies Took Big Tax in New York
Washington reports more than two million dollars in fees were taken from New York workers last year by private employment agencies. Charles B. Barnes, state director of the United States employment service, testified before the Senate Education and Labor Committee. Barnes urged establishing the United States employment service as a separate federal arm with national clearing houses nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State of
New York
Charles B. Barnes
United States Employment Service
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Barres
Wounded Arrive At Devens Camp Devens Mass
Thirty more wounded soldiers arrived here today from Newport News. Among them are Edward Flankey H Company Wauregan Conn James W O Brien Waterbury Anthony Tolen sky infantry Torrington Francis P Cassidy Plainville Martin Athy M company Nahant Lewis E Rader Yantic Conn William Blum Bridge port Cosmo Riceo Waterbury.
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Devens
Camp Devens
Mass
Newport News
Edward Flankey
H Company
Wauregan
Conn
James W. O’brien
Waterbury
Anthony Tolensky
Infantry
Torrington
Francis P. Cassidy
Plainville
Martin Athy
M Company
Nahant
Lewis E. Rader
Yantic
William Blum
Bridgeport
Cosmo Riceo
British Peace Mission Heads to Paris Tomorrow
London January 10 Premier Lloyd George and Chancellor Bonar Law with George N Barnes of the peace mission will depart for Paris tomorrow. A J Balfour the foreign secretary is already there along with Earl Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
A. Bonar Law
George N. Barnes
Paris
A. J. Balfour
Earl Reading
Unfilled Steel Orders Reported by U S Steel
United States Steel Corporation releases its monthly statement showing unfilled orders at December 31 totaling 7,379,152 tons, down from 8,124,663 tons on November 30. The report highlights changes in steel demand and production backlog figures.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Clearing House Statement
New York issuance notes show sub treasury debit of 633964 balances at 54788145 and exchanges totaling 606534781 for the clearing house statement dated January 10.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
Labor wage demands in maritime trades rise across groups
Pilots seek $225 monthly from $179 and lighter captains push from $3.50–$3.75 to $5.50–$6 daily. Tidewater boatmen ask $125 from $90 monthly but will work twelve hours. Marine engineers seek about $225 from $170, while harbor boatmen seek $265 from $80.
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Tidewater
Charges Against Attorney Becker Amazed Senate Panel
Washington Jan 10 the senate propaganda investigation saw Deputy Attorney General Becker of New York accused by Senator Reed of hiring ex convicts to manufacture evidence of disloyalty for political ends. The clash over authority and naming of Becker's assistant Musica, an ex convict, sparked heated exchanges and questions about press interviews issued in Becker's name. Von Mach, Harvard professor turned Maine farmer, claimed British secret service runs propaganda against Wilson's league of nations goals.
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Washington
Senate
Becker
New York
Reed
Missouri
Johnson
Bob Pasha
Bernstorff
Dr. Albert
William Randolph Hearst
Paul M. Musica
Bolo Pasha
Humbert
Ambassador Jusseraud
Jusserand
Hearst
Baker
Musica
eaoId
England
Wilson
League of Nations
Edmund von Mach
Harvard University
von Mach
Maine
United States
Senator Overman
Secret Service
Great Britain
Senator Nelson
Demand Guarantees From Germany Amid Riots Declared
Berlin reports that due to the Spartacus riots the Entente demands German guarantees for financial obligations. The Deutsche Zeitung states that the Landwehr and Landsturm will be disbanded at once.
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Germany
Berlin
Entente
Deutsche Zeitung
Landwehr
Landsturm
Sub treasury gains on banks push cash net higher
New York January 10 the sub treasury reports a cash gain of seventy eight thousand dollars from banks on Thursday raising the cash net gain since Friday to a higher total.
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Sub-treasury
New York
League of Nations plan gains practical backing
London reports a growing conviction that a league of nations is practicable as delegates at the peace conference discuss its core idea. The Times cites Paris dispatches noting the topic now dominates discussions with Lord Robert Cecil to present the British view. International authority to prevent war and guide peaceful intercourse is seen by many as a wartime change needing a new global order.
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Europe
London
Wireless Press
League of Nations
Times
Paris
Robert Cecil
Transports Carry 9,000 American Expeditionary Force Members
Washington reports three more American expeditionary force transports sailed from France and will dock in Newport News New York and New York next week. The Huron sails January 4 with 81 officers and 3,091 men. Belgic sails January 7 with 124 officers and 5,625 men. Arenas sails January 6 with 114 casual officers and 17 men plus a French officer and two French soldiers.
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Washington
France
General March
Newport News
New York
Protest Annexation of Ten Boston Suburbs
Greater Boston voices strong opposition to Mayor Peters' bid to annex ten suburbs including Winthrop Revere Chelsea Everett Somerville Cambridge Watertown Newton Brookline and Milton to Boston. Lawmakers from the affected areas predict the bill will be killed in the house.
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Boston
Greater
Peters
Winthrop
Revere
Chelsea
Everett
Somerville
Cambridge
Watertown
Newton
Brookline
Milton
150,000 On Way Home From France
Paris reports that about one twelfth of the American Expeditionary Forces have sailed for the United States. General headquarters announced 150,000 soldiers have already left France, including 10,435 officers and 140,659 enlisted men, reflecting the long march back after 20 months of European service.
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France
Paris
United States
American General Headquarters
Struck For New Cook At Englewood Chicago War Plant
An official report notes that 16 men threatened to strike if McIntosh was reinstated as cook at Englewood Chicago NL. The strike involved the railroad administration labor department and New York Central lines, with mediation by the labor department's conciliation division. McIntosh, fired by a contractor, sought reinstatement as workers halted operations amid tensions.
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Cook
Washington
McIntosh
Englewood
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Labor Department
New York Central Lines
Department of Labor
J. McIntosh
Cleopatra
Actium
Nero
Rome
Woman slain in Brooklyn attack on shortcut home
In Brooklyn a woman named Mrs. Helma Lothland was found murdered in a vacant lot early today. Police say she was beaten during an assault as she walked a short cut to her home. A blood stained brick and torn clothing were found at the scene, but no suspect is identified.
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New York
Helma Lothland
Brooklyn
Made Dog Bites Five in Greenwich Chase
Four children and Policeman Edward MacGinty were bitten yesterday by a suspected rabid Airedale terrier. The dog chased through the streets, biting the officer as he approached, before the policeman killed it in Cos Cob.
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Greenwich
Airdale
War Savings Campaign in Connecticut for 1919
Hartford Jan 10 plans for continuing the war savings campaign in Connecticut during 1919 were announced by Mrs Richard M Bissell of Farmington who has succeeded Howell Cheney of South Manchester as state director Mrs Bissell has just returned from Boston where she attended a meeting of all New England directors.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Richard M. Bissell
Farmington
Howell Cheney
South Manchester
Bissell
Boston
New England
Famine in Berlin Amid Rail Blockade Riots
Berlin reports famine as railway stoppage by rebels halts bread and food deliveries. Public bakeries idle since Saturday, mobs raid and loot shops this afternoon amid worsening shortages and civil unrest.
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Berlin
Ukrainians Bombard Lemberg with Heavy Guns
Zurich dispatch reports Ukrainians bombarding Lemberg with heavy artillery. Information is that the bombardment targeted military positions and surrounding areas as of today.
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Lemberg
Zurich
Appropriation Bill Reported With Major Cuts Across Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee reported an omnibus bill for the next fiscal year, totaling 96,318,791.75 dollars, showing sweeping reductions of 23,698,845.88 dollars from wartime estimates. Major cuts hit the War Department, while gains occur for the Census Office and Internal Revenue, with shifts in salaries and a new joint commission on civil service pay.
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Washington
Jan
United States
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Treasury Department
Swager Sherley
Ketucky
Sherley
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank System
House -Appropriations Committee
Joint Commission
District of Columbia
Senate
Census Office
Internal Revenue Service
Navy Department
War Department
Navy
Troopship Ulua Arrives With 1003 Aboard in Port
New York Jan 10 The British troopship Ulua reached port without tug aid carrying 1003 soldiers and war workers. It is the first transport to arrive since the marine strike began. Among the crew were two women workers including Miss Bertha G Boles of Greenwich Conn a nurse who served troopers at a hospital at Chateau Roux. She is a Sargent college graduate from Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Ulua
New York
Bertha G. Boles
Greenwich
AEF Troops Land at Newport Virginia
A total of about 2,177 officers and men of the American expeditionary forces were landed at Newport News on the Madawaska after arriving from overseas. Included were 1,200 sick and wounded personnel, headquarters of the 174th infantry brigade, six casual companies and officers. Brig. Gen. Walter A. Harris was aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Newport News
Madawaska
174Th Infantry Brigade
Walter A. Harris
Australian destroyers gone missing in Malta storm
Two Australian destroyers from a six-ship Malta departure are listed as missing after a storm. A separate report notes another warship receiving a call for help from an American steamship off Cape Finisterre.
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Ferrel
Spain
Malta
Cape Finisterre
Professor Sabine Dead in Cambridge
Cambridge obituary notes the death of Professor Wallace Clement Sabine a prominent Harvard physicist and dean. Born 1868 in Richwood Ohio he became Harvard physics professor in 1905 and served as exchange professor at the University of Paris for two years. He held memberships in multiple scientific societies.
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Sabine
Cambridge
Mass
Wallace Clement Sabine
Harvard Scientific School
Harvard
L’university
Paris
Richwood
Ohio
Insurrection Breaks Out in Montenegro Reported
An insurrection has broken out in Montenegro according to the Montenegrin consulate in Rome. The Jugoslav usurpers were expelled from Montenegro on January 3.
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Montenegro
Rome
Foreigners In Berlin Safe Reported From Amsterdam
Amsterdam Jan 10 wireless dispatch says all foreigners in Berlin are safe and have taken refuge under neutral government protection as troops secure the area. The report notes expatriates seeking asylum amid the city’s unrest and ongoing guard actions by authorities.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Alarming Drug Traffic In U S
Washington reports reveal alarm over narcotic drug use in the United States with 1,500,000 persons affected. Commissioner Roper urges international cooperation and higher appropriations as 1918 narcotics violations rise and costs grow, tied to war-era exposures and wartime service exams.
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Washington
United States
House
Internal Revenue
Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Roper
Paderewski Besieged in Posen Hotel as Martial Law Declared
Berlin reports that Ignace Jan Paderewski the famed pianist and Polish army leader was besieged for a time in the Lazor Hotel in Posen. German soldiers fired rifles tearing curtains in his room. The hotel was fortified and martial law followed the next day.
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Berlin
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Prussia
Lazor
Posen
Will of Jeremiah McCarthy Bequeaths Estate to Grace McCarthy
Grace McCarthy daughter of Lucretia A. Keefe of Harper Washington was the adopted child of Jeremiah J. McCarthy a former port surveyor and prominent politician. The Supreme Court allowed his will granting substantially all his $125 000 estate to her.
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Boston
Grace McCarthy
Lucretia A. Keefe
Harper, Wash
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Supreme Court
Deaths In Middletown in December Report
December deaths in Middletown totaled 78 with seven under one year, one under five and over one year, and 24 at least sixty five. Forty seven deaths occurred in institutions while thirty eight were non residents. Causes included nineteen influenza ten pneumonia six tuberculosis three cancer and forty other causes.
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Middletown
Hand Crushed At New England Enameling Company
Walter G. Coe suffered a severe hand injury Thursday afternoon while operating a drop press at the New England Enameling Company. His left hand was caught and badly crushed. He received first aid from Dr. A J Campbell on Washington Street and was later moved to Middlesex Hospital. The full extent of the injuries will be determined in days.
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Walter G. Coe
New England Enameling Company
A. J. Campbell
Washington Street
Middlesex Hospital
Berlin Awaits U S Troops in Wake of Election Chaos
Amsterdam dispatch reports rising Berlin optimism that American troops will occupy the capital to maintain order until after the January 19 election. Foreign Minister Count Brockdorff Rantzau warned Chancellor Ebert he would resign if chaos persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Count Brockdorff
Rantzan
Ebert
Bonjon Appeals in Supreme Court of Errors
Bridgeport residents heard a notice of appeal from Louis Bonjon, the man sentenced to life imprisonment for the slaying of Daniel E. Walker on September 7. The appeal to the supreme court of errors was filed yesterday in superior court, with counsel signaling further reasons to be submitted later. Bonjon remains imprisoned at Wethersfield.
Food Administration Criticized By Fisher Over Deadlines
Washington January 10 Walter L Fisher former Secretary of the Interior and counsel for the American National Live Stock association denounced the food administration for not making public the big five packers trial balances every ten weeks as required by the licensing system.
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Food Administration
Washington
The
Secretary of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
American National Live Stock Association
Belgium's Peace Mission Named for Paris Talks
Belgium will send a three member delegation to the peace conference led by van Denhoven former minister to the Vatican and Hymans liberal minister of state with Van Darvelde minister of justice and socialist leader as the third envoy according to a semi official dispatch to the French high commission this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Washington
van Denhoven
Vatican
Hymans
van Darvelde
High Commission
Belgium’s Representative at Peace Conference Named
Brussels announces Belgium will be represented at the peace conference by M. Vandenheuven former minister to the Vatican Dr Hymans Liberal leader and minister of justice Vandenvelde
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Belgium
Brussels
M. Vandenheuven
Vatican
Hymans
Vandervelde
Corn and Rice Import Restrictions Lifted
Washington January 10 news reports end of all restrictions on importing corn and rice. Government action removes import limits, easing trade controls. Net effect allows wider commodity flow and potential price adjustments. Officials emphasize compliance with existing trade laws and monitoring to prevent market disruption.
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Washington
Ebert Proclaims State of Siege in Berlin Amid Spartacist Unrest
A dispatch from Copenhagen reports Berlin under a state of siege proclaimed by the Ebert government. Fighting kills and injuries mount outside the Wolff bureau and Allied station as Spartacist disorders spread. Railway stations remain under government control while loyal troops bolster the capital.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Ebert
Wolff Bureau
Alliant
Germania
Ruhr
Westphalia
Munich
Westphaelische Volkszeitung
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
Leipzig
Lohreter
le See
Klottenburg
Brandenburg
Thor
Wolff Briteau
Spartacus
Germany
Drespa Dortmund
Brunsic
Karl Liebknecht wounded in Berlin fighting
Copenhagen reports Karl Liebknecht leader of the Spartacists was wounded by a hand grenade in the Berlin fighting on Thursday. Authorities say the injuries are not fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Karl Liebknecht
Spartacides
Berlin
Rescued From Mob in Berlin Autocar Rally
Karl Liebknecht leader of the Spartacists was mobbed in Berlin while traveling by automobile. He was saved by bolshevik supporters and, after rescue, urged the crowd to oppose the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Spartacides
Bolsheviki
Liebknecht
Government Has Upper Hand in Berlin Crisis
Basle reports fifty thousand government troops have entered Berlin and more are en route, giving the government the upper hand. Spartacists still hold parts of the eastern district and suburbs while demobilized soldiers offer aid to the Ebert government. Liberal agitators faced harsh reception on Thursday.
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Basle
Berlin
Leipzig
Neuste Nachrichten
Ebert
Pershing Praises Knights of Columbus in New York
General Pershing praises the Knights of Columbus for their broad support of American soldiers. He expresses gratitude for the moral and physical welfare contributions and extends heartiest best wishes on behalf of all ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
New York
Knights of Columbus
Units Named for Return to United States
General March announced today the assignment of five more American expeditionary forces units to an early convoy home. The 12th Balloon Company, 423rd Telegraph Battalion, 21st Ordnance Casual Company, 53rd Company of the Signal Corps, and 136 officers with 938 men will sail back to the States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
General March
12Th
Tion Corps
Wilson to View Devastation in Paris
Paris dispatch reports President will visit the site of extensive damage this Saturday. The announcement came as officials briefed on the scope of the devastation and ongoing relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Paris
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